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Seasonal distribution of bioaerosols in the coastal region of Qingdao

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Bioaerosols were collected by using a six-stage bioaerosols sampler from September 2007 to August 2008 in the coastal region of Qingdao, China. The terrestrial and marine microbes (including bacteria and fungi) were analyzed in order to understand the distribution features of bioaerosols. The results show that the average monthly concentrations of terrestrial bacteria, marine bacteria, terrestrial fungi and marine fungi are in the ranges of 80–615 CFU m−3, 91–468 CFU m−3, 76–647 CFU m−3 and 231–1959 CFU m−3, respectively. The concentrations of terrestrial bacteria, marine bacteria, terrestrial fungi, marine fungi and total microbes are the highest in each microbial category during fall, high in spring, and the lowest in the summer and winter. The bacterial particles are coarse in spring, autumn and winter. The sizes of fungal particle present the log-normal distribution in all the seasons.

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Qi, J., Shao, Q., Xu, W. et al. Seasonal distribution of bioaerosols in the coastal region of Qingdao. J. Ocean Univ. China 13, 57–65 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11802-014-1951-8

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